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' J. GREEVE. 1 Revolving Towel Back. No. 240,317. Patented April 19,1881.

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JAMESGREEVE, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

REVOLVING TOWEL-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,317, dated April 19, 1881. Application filed December 14, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES GREEVE, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Revolving Towel-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a perspective View of my improved towel-rack when set horizontally. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one end of the rack turned so that the bars are parallel to the back board. Fig. 3 is a view, in perspective, of one end when the rack has been turned a half-circle from the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top view, partly in section, of one end of the rack. Fig. 5 is an end view in the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is an end view in the position shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 an end view in the position shown in Fig.

My invention relates to an improvement in towel-racks; and its principal feature consists in arranging a revolving towel-rack so that it may be stopped in a position at right angles to its back board, and so that it may also be capable of being turned up out of the way in a plane parallel to that of the back-board, the metallic parts of the rack being made of interchangeable pieces.

A is the back board of the rack, made in any suitable form, and to which the rack may be fastened, or the rack itself may be directly fastened to the wall or to some article of furniture.

The towel-rack is composed of two or more bars or rods, 0 and D, running parallel to each other, and each fastened at each end into a cross -piece, E. These cross-pieces E E, which are one precisely like the other, and cast in the same-mold or stamped with the same die, consist each of a bar or plate, through which are suitable holes, a b, for fastening the bars or rods 0 D at equal distances from the center hole or pivotal bearing. Each cr0sspiece E is also provided with an outwardlyprojecting stop, d. The cross-pieces E are pivoted upon arms F F, so as to turn freely thereon until stopped by the stop d striking against the arms F F either from above or below. The arms F F, which are also one just like the other and cast in the same mold, are of angular form and fastened to the back board. The

ther backward, but allow the rack to be turned v into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 6 by moving the bar D downward, thus throwing the rack into a plane parallel to the back board and near it, and out of the way. If the bar D be still further pushed backward, the rack comes into the position shown in Figs. 3 and 7, which is similar to that shown in Fig. 1, except that the stops at (I catch upon the bottom of the bent arms F F, instead of on the top, preventing any further revolution of the rack and leaving the bars 0 D in a plane parallel to that in which they lie in Fig. 1, but below it. In this position the main load can be placed upon the bar O.

By reversing the operation just described the rack is thrown successively into the position shown in Fig. 2 and into that shown in Fig. 1, when the bar D carries the principal weight.

The cross-pieces E E and pivot-arms F F are of such form that they may be used either on the right or left side of the rack, so that only one form of casting is necessary for both ends of the rack.

Thus a revolving rack is formed inexpensive and simple in construction, giving a large amount of room on which to hang articles, and at the same time capable of being readily put out of the way, and thus economizing space.

If one of the bars 0 or D should break, the other will still be serviceable, owing to the reversal of the rack in its two horizontal positions.

I do not broadly claim a hinged towel-rack, as shown in Patents Nos. 145,367 or 143,501.

I claim--- In a revolving rack, the combination of rackbars 0 D with cross-pieces E E, having pivots midway between the bars 0 D, each crosspiece E having an outwardly-projecting stop,

5 d, opposite the pivot, and with the supporting-arms F F, all arran ged as desoribed,whereby the stops cl can be folded against the upper and. also against the lower sides of the arms F, substantially as and. for the purposes described.

JAMES GREEVE. Witnesses:

WILLY G. E. SCHULTZ, JAMES TURK. 

